Potential New Kirby Vacuum Model Discussion

[luxlife]

Out of new ideas…

I’d like to look at it as if “it’s not broken, so they didn’t fix it.” The only thing I can compare a Kirby to is the Royal upright design that had evolved so little during its lifespan. The only major changes I can think of on the Royals were bigger motors, the different carpet adjustment mechanism and the modified handle release. I think machines like Royal and Kirby can’t keep up with the changes in what consumers want. I mean, it’s 2024 and a Kirby still isn’t low enough to clean under my bed. Even Royal felt the pressure from the changing vacuum market and started to sell models like the Eminence and Privilege to meet the demand for plastic and on-board tools. In my opinion, machines like Kirby are already maxed out on design and functionality. I love the Kirby for what it is/was. It’s like vacuuming with an time capsule artifact. [this post was last edited: 5/21/2024-12:29]

 

[KirbyCollector01]

Luxlife

That’s the best way to look at this. I’m kinda liking the look of this Avalir Platinum! I am eager to see color shots of it though.

 

[kirbyg6]

I kinda think kirby is like apple they launch new products every year and they might look the same but inside the do change things

 

[lesinutah]

Huh

If it's only so many given how do you aquire a vacuum without winning one.
I like tge color I like the design. It's an American made vacuum still an American company. Hoover sure can't say that. If you want chinesium go hoover.
It's still a dirty fan upright than deep cleans carpets. I want a new handi butler.

 

[juju93]

Ive seen a few pics posted in a fb chat on the no kirby left behind fb group and the box design is so plain boring. The zippbrush now says the model name, the company name and then below it it says zippbrush. I'm curious to why now kirby decided to do this to us. I mean they've had 6 years to come out with something new and this is what we get. Well the one thing I can say is, is thank god they did away with the giant blue k on the bag like what avalir 2 had on it. To me that was just takey. I do like the whole name along the bag. But I am curious to see how they'll try and sell this model compare to those who have either avalir models or even any recent g series machine within the past 18 years.

on a side note, I do have a few questions. If kirby sells the systems and the optional accessories on the website how does one machine arrive to someones front door. Like for example would it come in a big brown fedex box or ups type box or it is just in its standard kirby box?

 

[lesinutah]

Um

I called the local vac shop.

The last time they put ultimate or diamond it atleat had a 3 speed switch for rugs.
I mean it's a sentria 5 avalir 3 etc with black on black.
It like Disneyland has unicorns. They blow bubbles and there is ferries everywhere.

 

[KirbyCollector01]

Here are said leaked photos:

 

[juju93]

Those where the photos I was talking about. I def don't like all that writing on the zippbrush. I'm curious to see what other accessories have all the writing on them. This one doesn't even have a pattern scheme like all the rest of them.

 

[kirbylux77]

Juju93, aren't you being a tad bit harsh there? I think the box design and the Zippbrush label look classy - not tacky or overdone. I personally think the Avalir Platinum is a bit too "black" looking for my liking, but it's still a nice machine.

Speaking of favorite Kirby G series colours, I think the G4, G6, the first Sentria and the 100th anniversary Avalir (all black accents) were the best Kirby colour schemes and the best looking of all of them. Of all the non G Series models, the Heritage, Heritage II and 500 series Kirbys were the best looking.

 

[jfalberti]

I disagree

I like the blue scheme of the Avalir 2 and the big blue K on the bag. I think it looks sharp and you definitely cannot deny that it's a Kirby. It's probably one of the reasons I decided to buy it. Then again, I liked the Tradition too.

 

[human]

Actually, the G4 wasn't quite black. It was more of a graphite/charcoal gray. Put a G4 next to a Gsix and you can easily see the difference. That said, Gsix parts don't look terribly out of place on a G4, or vice-versa. I have a Gsix that I fixed up with a G4 bag, and oddly enough, what stands out to my eye more than the slightly lighter background color is the lack of yellow flecks.

 

[happyjigg]

The manual is on this page and gives a much better look at it. I can't tell if there's any change from the Avalir 2, but then again I'm not familiar with the new shampoo system at all.

https://www.kirby.com/welcome/

 

[oldcrankman]

What my friend show me on Discord. Kirby Platinum.

 

[juju93]

It's nice to see that they updated the owners manual opening pages based off the image above. I don't see kirby updating their website with this model for a few months from now. I mean hey the word is now getting out about this model so they're not going to update the website or their social media with the "new" model just yet. I think after the avalir 2 was announce it was a few months till the website was updated. Then again that was before they started selling their systems directly online. I do have another question in regards to purchasing a system online. What is the shipping cost associated with getting a kirby system directly from the website? And also did they update the packing for the accessory kits (turbo accessory, tile and grout as well as the miracle shine boxes)? I only say that because they didnt do that for avalir 2.

 

[kirbyg6]

It looks like nothing is new apart from the colour and name but I could be wrong